Hitohira Nakagawa Kyuzo White #2 Migaki Gyuto 240mm Cherry Wood Handle Handle to Tip Length: 98mm

Handle to Tip Length: 98mm

Total Length: 252mm

Blade Height: 75mm

Kikuchiyo proactively experimented with new steels not generally used by Sakai’s blacksmith

Hitohira Nakagawa Kyuzo White #2 Migaki Gyuto 240mm Cherry Wood Handle Handle to Tip Length: 98mmBlacksmith: Kikuchiyo In the early 2000s, Kikuchiyo was invited by master craftsman of Sakai to join them as a blacksmith. The art of blacksmithing is physical, the rough working environment of fire and iron takes a toll on the body and many of the masters' abilities begin to wane in their forties and fifties. As Kikuchiyo started earlier in life, he has gained most of the knowledge and skill of fine forging and quenching, before his physical